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Originally Posted by jamesqf
And so? Just about any tax hits poor people more than rich. But you miss the point: it's not about helping or hurting any particular group of people, it's about reducing gasoline consumption.
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Increasing the gas tax is not going to reduce gas consumption, it will cause people to buy more efficient vehicles, thereby freeing up gas for more vehicles to hit the road, and China and India to consume more.
People will still drive the same distance they used to, and spend the money that they saved on something else. The government will then squander the money that they get from the gas tax and line their pockets like they always do.
A flat tax of 3% with no possibility of deductions, as stated in a previous post, will effect the guy that makes $10,000 the same that a guy that makes $100,000 a year. The thing that people don't talk about is what the guy with the $100,000 a year job does with the $97,000 he has left... He hires two or three of the $10,000 dummies!